Franken, Reid Look to Lower Expectations for 60 Seats

By Emily Pierce
Roll Call Staff

July 6, 2009, 2:18 p.m.

Both Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen.-elect Al Franken (D-Minn.) on Monday sought to downplay the power of a filibuster-proof majority on the eve of Franken’s swearing-in as the 60th member of the Senate Democratic Conference.

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